Eamonn Harrison: Extradition hearing to remove driver accused of Essex lorry deaths from Ireland to UK

Eamonn Harrison, 22, faces 39 counts of manslaughter
Stephanie Cockroft21 November 2019
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An extradition hearing has begun in order to attempt to remove lorry driver Eamonn Harrison from the Republic of Ireland to the UK.

The court heard Mr Harrison is sought in respect of 41 offences, 39 counts of manslaughter which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, one count of a human trafficking offence and one count of assisting unlawful immigration.

The court also heard Mr Harrison drove the lorry used to deliver a container to the port in Zeebrugge and was identified as the driver on CCTV in Belgium.

Mr Harrison signed the shipping notice for the container, which was later found in Essex with the bodies of 39 people inside, Dublin Central Criminal Court heard.

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